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Paid your income taxes: yet? SS — -If you haven't, and it’s not yet 90 p. m. Mar. 15 (that’s today), there's still time. The local office of the Collector of Internal Revnue today hired overtime help to labor over tax retwms of citizens squeezing in under the deadline. ~~ Normally, offices in the Federal building close at 5 p. m. But tonight the 125 deputy collectors will work until 9 to serve today’s expected 2300 late comers, Revenue officials said any person fail-
ing to make his 1949 federal
-night -will- be -assessed ‘5 per cent of the --bill-for-every-30-days payment is overdue. A line of 100 waited patiently in the
Taiayers Rush To Meet Deadline
~Some Risk Prison
By Defying Levy CHICAGO, Mar. 15 (UP)— Americans rushed today to file their income taxes before the mid-
“night deadline, but a few Indivi-
duals and groups risked imprisonment by defying the inevitable. The law requires that tax returns be in the hands of collectors or postmarked by midnight tonight except in cases where taxpayers have received extensions. The government, meanwhile,
“was also racing a midnight dead-
line to get legal action started
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Throughout the country, Amerfcans by the thousands found the annual day of reckoning at hand &nd hurried to get their’ returns
“filed. In New York. City, the. rush was)
greater than last .year. New York’s second tax district collected $100 million yesterday and will take in $250 million by tonight,
Hoosier Pickets
[Scares nowase) 61st YEAR-NUMBER 3
Paid TREBIIG rh 90 voted AR
Now, let's see . . . Mrs, Flora
The name is first . . . Mrs. N. Menonna, 910 S. New Jersey M. Spencer, 6! N. Warman St. Ave,
Waiting her turn . . . Mrs. Kathryn Helsel, 39 E. Ninth St.
Tax filing instruction . . . Miss Pauline Fields, 1918 Hovey St. Internal Revenue office today, moving slowly to the front, where they were shown to a deputy collector, who helped or filled their return for them. Contrary to other offices throughout ‘the nation, Indianapolis branch has reported no “gifts” of old shirts, extra pennies and even blood from irate taxpayers. In some localities; offices reported such objects were found in the mail, with notes attached, saying “You took the rest, you might as well have all I own,” or something to that effect. Local officials said 2300 persons filed returns “yesterday, and the same niiniber | was expected today.
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A Fighter for Peace—
Hope of United Europe Stirs
Wartime Premier of France
~-Pavl-Reynaud-Remews Acquaintance With Times Reporter Upon’ Arrival for IAC Talk
By IRVING LEIBOWITZ The last time I saw France's wartime premier, Paul Reynaud, he was a tired and hungry prisoner of war in Austria, - Today—five years later—he stood, a tense, erect figure in, ‘Thdidhapolls, détermined to unite a Europe torn apart by ideological differences. With him to Indianapolis, came Sir Walter Layton, ‘noted British editor and publisher. Mr. Reynaud, his voice slightly trian prison, liberated by Maj. hoarse from speaking engage- Gen. Anthony McAuliffe’s 103d ments in Boston and Detroit, was Infantry Division in 1945. excited with the task ahead—es- Met in Innsbruck tablishment of a united Europe. | He recalled first meeting and
‘The 72-year-old former French chatting With this reporter on a ,
premier, a gray-haired but un- snow-capped :nountain in Innsbowed. figure,. arrived . with. his bruck before leaving: for: his: beparty at Indianapolis’ Weir Cook| |loved Paris. He remembered the Airport today at 11:21 a, m. He photos ‘this: réporter took of him
“Iwas tmimeatately whisked tothe and Gen, DeGaulle’s sister. which
Indianapolis Athletic Club where later appeared in Life magazine. he was scheduled to make one of | There, in the midst of the picsix major -talks in the United tyre postal card Tyrolean Alps, States. where he was nursed back to ‘Long Live America’ health, the former premier vowed “Vive la America,’ the aging to” work for “peaceful union of statesman and soldier shouted as| | Europe.” he disembarked from the private] “I may never live to see it,” he chartered plane which brought|confided. today, “but I hope we him from Detroit. Jour plant the seeds of peace for, And then, in fluent English, the|our children’s sake.” 1 one-time chief executive of France| “France's fightér,” he was greeted ‘a ‘small throng waiting| called here today—one of a con-!
Atomic Plants OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Mar, 15. (UP)—Katsuki James ' Otsuka, former Indiana’ college student who went to prison for refusing
to pay part of his federal income
tax, picketed atomic plants here today because he objects to using. tax money Tor making _armaments. Mr. Otsuka was one of two Hoosiers listed among 47 members of the Peacemakers, an organization of persons who re-
fused to pay taxes they believe. .
will be used for military purposes. The other listed by national headquarters of the’ organization in New York was Roy Nusbaum, a carpénter of Wakarusa, Ind. Mr. Otsuka, of Richmond, where he attended Earlham Col-
- ‘lege, didn’t withhold part of his
tax this time. He did not earn & taxable income in 1949,
He distributed leaflets to work-,
ers entitled “Why -I Am Here.” The leaflets protested the use of
tax money to make “weapons for
to welcome him. |tingent of liberals who is set. in|
| _ “Greetings to my dear Ameri- the forefront of the battle to
can friends,” he s#id. “I bring break the shackles of Soviet in= you. the blessings of France.” fluence. 8 It was -an older but happier “Soviet Russia is a ‘menace to Paul Reynaud who landed here Western Europe today,” the for-| today than the slightly stooped mer premier said. . |
figure who walked out of an Aus- Honored at Luncheon
But it was not as a Russian op{ponent that Paul Reynaud, the
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Defense attorneys in the!
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i | when he was called to the Burney ance Co., headed by two of| ; home at 7 p. m. on the night of Indiana's leading politicians.
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- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1950
Watts Defense Atempts to © Set Up Alibi
Doctor's Theory on ‘Mrs. Burney's Death |
By DONNA MIKELS Times Staff Writer
COLUMBUS, Ind., Mar. 15
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Insurance Firm License -Suspended
State Agency Presses General - Crackdown
On Irregularities By ROBERT BLOEM The state insurance depart‘men today slapped a 60-day license suspension on the Independent Mutual Fire Insur-
With Olym
| element in the murder of Mrs. {Mary Lois Burney. | Courtroom observers saw the | move as an effort to pave the way {for the defense td claim later| that Watts was already under ar-| irest and in jail in another cas {when the Indianapolis re Iwas slain. . Cross-examination of Dr. Wil‘Ham Kelly, Indianapolis physician who was a deputy coroner at the time of the 1947 slaving, indicated]
tack - the time of the murder as [prev jously ®stablished. Remains Steadfast Dr. Kelly, however, remained
{steadfast in his assertions that
{ Nov. 12, 1947 conditions indicated [that Mrs. Burney had been dead “at least four hours.” ~Under- direct examination--by- | Edward J. Ryan, deputy Marion]
The company was charged with irregularities under the state in-| surance law and regulations of] the department. President of the company, ac{cording to department records, is
Mrs. Burney “very well could Elmer W. (Doc) Sherwood, forJats desa- -dead-more--than four! mer Americanism director of the
American Legion and for many years a powerful figure in the! Indiana Republican Party. Vice president of the company {is James M. McShane of Hammond, First District Republican|
-Defense --Attorney - i P Sharp-. ack questioned and requestioned: [the physician in an apparent effort] to establish a doubt in the time element and prove Mrs. Burney
I eel 2 ead Shes n el chairman. Wives of both com-
|covered. pany officers, according to its|: | “I repeat.” Dr. Kelly said, “that, articles of incorporation, hold lin my opinion she had been dead 5¢ats on the board of directors. lat. least four hours and perhaps| Insurance Commissioner Frank longer.” J. Viehmann, who ordered the L isuspension, said it followed a i B i |complaint from a policy holder to eau _— Wit re Fs Shxious| hat the company had denied 1
dianapolis he was allowed to in- liability covering a loss. {terrupt the testimony of Herschel Order Loss Paid iS. Burney, husband of the slain] After investigation, Mr. Viehwoman: mann said, the company was orMr. Burney’s testimony was re- dered to pay the loss in full. Fur{sumed after the former deputy ther check, he said, revealed that coroner left the stand. [the company was selling insurThe Indianapolis food brokeriance through unlicensed agents. who returned to his suburban | Most of the policies were sold Indianapolis home the evening of/in the poorer sections of IndianNov. 12, 1947, to find his wife, /apolis and Gary where policy Mary Lois, slain took the stand holders paid premiums at the rate {first late yesterday. jof 50 cents a week. The rate | His testimony was interrupted Schedules of the company. were |by 4 p. m. recess and was resumed not orf file in his office, Mr. Viehthe first thing today. mann said, although such records The jam-packed Bartholomew, ‘are required by the department. +County courtroom fel silent as| The company-did file-annual reThe Tepots soriplied tally fsa e reports comp. y Indianapolis with the state insurance law. Under * questioning by Marion Full Probe Promised ICounty Prosecutor George 8.| Mr. Viehmann said the operaDailey he told how he marrieditions, rates and financial condi-! his childhodd “sweetheart, Mary tion of the Independent Mutual Lois Ainsworth, .in- their home= Co: would - be fully investigated] town of Greensburg, Apr. 25, 1935, during the suspension period. He| after an acquaintanceship of 10 said the . 50-cent rate appeared | years. “excessive” in view of the’ fact]
the .now-graying man took the stand.
Partner In Firm
“He fold how his wife became his partner in his food brokerage, [firm at 221 W. Georgia St. in In-| |dianapolis. He told how severe, |Plinding migraine headaches kept er home from the office the days! ot Nov, 11 and 12, 1947. “Mr. Burney told of leaving his office for home at 5:20 p. m. Nov.! 12, after an unsuccessful attempt to call his wife by telephone: He described driving to their ‘home north of Indianapolis, of stopping in the driveway to check the ‘mailbox and pick up the evening paper before driving into garage. It. was in the -garage; here lated, - that heé “first became alarmed. He got no... response... when he knocked at the kitchen. door and he saw mo light. The alarm changed “into~pante when he went to the front and saw the | storm door jammed back and the door to the dark house’ standing ajar. He told of summoning a neigh-
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of just one thing . their game tonight with the In-
"For a ‘photo of “the Indiana | College All-Stars in their new | game uniform’ and wnother story, turn to Page 14.
{some fire {insurance companies i vhs ——— will “give $1000 coverage for as , Buckshot O'BFien , little as $9 for three years. At! to go. {50 cents a week the rate would] . jamount to $78 for the same pe-| Buckshot O’Brien riod for “similar” coverage. : Independent Mutual Fire Insur-| Hopes to Eclipse Groza nee “Co. was organized in 1948, ~~ “po JIM SMITH ust a> few months “béfore Mr.| { 7 ~ |Viehmann was appointed as in-| INDIANA" COLLEGE AL Le surance commissioner under the STARS CAMP, Mar. 15—Today, new administration that started 15 Indiana College All-Stars were in 1949. The application was ap- thinking proved by former insurance Commissioner John D. Pearson. Crackdown .on ‘the company was part of what appeared to be a_general enforcement drive by the insurance department. Mr, Viehmann said 4 in the past six.
[dianapolis Olympians, for The To jdianapolis Times Charity Fund. ~Phe-Al-Stars-and their-eoarh: {Tony Hinkle, spent last night at] [he Olymps-Syracuse . game and y saw how the former University of Kentucky boys can “wheel
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Corporation Head | «= Pllinges to Death Fadi
* |thoughts running through. his Henry E. Perry Diés mind. Number one was the man
he is going to guard, Ralph Beard:| - KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Mar. 15 In 12-Story. Fall (Buckshot knows Beard cAn move (UP)—A head-on crash with aj for he's ‘seen him play many, gasoline transport killed three | Here YORK, Jar. 15 (UP) times. He also knpws he can hit. University of Kansas students] y Ys y pre g| is job is going to be to. stopl¢ ident of the Commercial Solvents land critically injured a fourth,| him. No mean task that. authorities said today, {Corp., plunged 12 stories to his, | death today from his office at the)
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CRASH KILLS 3 STUDENTS
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doo ‘AL TEMPERATURES halt the Kentucky mighty mite,
. 82 10a.m... 38 Police said Mr. Perry “either peg going to be trying to hoop gu a.m... 32 -1lam.. 43 [jumped or fell.” ja few. . He's got his heart set a.m. .. 35 12 (noon). 43 His physician, Dr. Lawrence on outscoring Alex Groza, top| a.m. .. 37 1am .. 48 [Smith, said he believed Mr. Perry man for the Olympians. Bucky
fell from a window after suffering|thinks that would be wonderful. a dizzy spell. He said he had The smallest man op the floor been treating the drug firm ex-|outscoring the biggest. And it! ecutive for hypertension. would be, too. Mr. Perry, whose home is at Bucky has made up his mind Little Boars Head, N. H., is sur-to one thing. He's going to ru. aj vived by his wife, Evelyn, and|just as fast and just as long] three children. . |as Beard. It's going to be a case] He was a member of several of “who runs ot of steam first.” clubs, including the Abenaqu Club » .jat' Rye Beach, N. H.; the Yale] JERRY STUTEVILLE probClub of New York; Terre Haute, ably will .be playing - opposite Indi, country club and the Creve Wah Wah Jones. That should; Cseur Club of Peoria, Ill prove to be quite a battle for]
- 1 —————— Jerry can fast break with the Mr. Perry was widely known in pest and he's determined to keep: {Terre Haute industrial circles and up. with- the fast moving Jones. also had many friends in Indi- Andy Taff, the state's ‘highest! anapolis industrial circles. college scorer, will have Joe A former New York Centrallg,ang on his hands (or vice! -{Railroad employe in Terre Haute, |yerga) Taff, who hits with either! he become associated with Com-|pang on the move, or set shots,| mercial Solvents and became eX-/can move with the best. He's set | ecutive vice president of the con-
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@® No matter what price home you want to buy, "you'll find it advertised in the classified columns of today’s Times. .@® Turn to the classified pages now and see what - an outstanding selection .~'of HOMES FOR SALE are advertised by leading Real Estate Brokers and Home Builders. = _ @ Yes, folks, daily and Sunday, THE TIMES now brings you the biggest selection of homes for sale. The Times is NOW the newspaper with the
Hol ! - REAL ESTATE York five years ago when he be. [10 304 long enough to dump in
About People ...ses.v0.. 11 |0ld soldier, came to Indianapolis. AMUSEments ............ 8 (He came to keep the American! Bridge icecveseeecscsssss 7 [People informed of developments COMICS +.e0veesssessssss 17 [in the formation of a united Eu-| Crossword ....ccvesesess 16 TOPE. 2 Editorials c...vvinveives 12 A luncheon in honor of Mr. Fashions seeeeesescssasss 7 (Reynaud ‘and Lord Layton was FIX-It covievvasssinssesss 5 |Held-in the Athle‘’c Club. FODR cvvcceivssvioriine William J. (Wild Bill) Donovan; FOrUmM .isiseeisssesssss 12 ~|formerly head of the Office of Gardenifif ..........es0s 8 |Strategic Services, America’s warInside Indianapolis ...... 11 [time cloak and dagger agency, Mrs. Manners veieessess OY whs to arrive later to attend the OthMAN +..i4veseeesins 11 luncheon, Palla vivir ions anes 7 ‘The luncheon was: sponsored RAAIO o.evevesiessinsess 4. |Dy the local :branches of the ee English Speaking Union, the ForSociety i...ovvesiseiaiss 6 (€ign Policy ‘Association, and the SPOrtS .uv.ivsseesenses 14-16 [Committee on Foreign Relations. Ear] WISN ++ sesso seers . 22 .| The nationwide tour was arWeather Map «.eeeeees.s 13 SHnged Mader the auspices of the TAD x2 xeree oe ¢ |American Committee on United a o wee + 5 Europe,
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All-Stars Set for Clash ps
Tonight
Complaints Go Unchecked for Lack of Help
Office of Inspector Abolished in January As Economy Move Unclean restaurant , . , garbage piles in yard... filth spills’ out of outhouse... dirty rat-infested house. Complaints like these have been piling up in the Marion County Board of Health ever since the position of county health inspector was abolished in Jan. wary. There has been no county-wide health inspection for nearly six months. There is no one to check, inspect or health violations. ‘ The county’s health is- left virtue ally unprotected. ‘Unhealthy Condition’ * Consequently, some restaurants
“remain unclean, some dirty houses.
‘lecrawl with filth and over-flowing septic tanks spew scum. County Heath Commissioner [Oscar D. Ludwig labeled the prob{lem “an unhealthy condition.” He said it might grow worse on the heels of warm weather. Dr. Ludwig, a part-time county _{health official, warned that the insanitary condition could touch off an epidemic. Mrs. Valera Draper, . health {board office manager, has comspiled a book of complaints that run the gamut from faulty sews age to dirty homes.
Hasn't Enough Time When an acute health problem arises, the Board of Helth asks the sheriff's office to investigate, Sometimes the health commise sioner, himself, is forced to ine lvestigate a broken down oute house. But he hasn't enough time to make routine health examina«
to sanitary investigations. ~-Phehealith commissioner”
"“% |spreads his part-time duties to
Alex Groin. « « + high scoring Olympian champion.
Pros Intend to Show Opponents No Mercy
FRANK ANDERSON | SOMEWHERE IN: OLYMPIA-
{include supervising the county's [pursing activities, contagious dis« ease work and over-all county health problems. A typical example of the health
[en s operation, taken from the
files, gave this account of a come (plain. “Dirty home reported. Sheriff's
JLAND, Mar, 15.- The Stars. won't office. asked. to investigate, . Ree
‘twinkle tonight if the Indianap|olis Olympians can help it. | The -pros are going to rain! {basketballs in Butler Fieldhouse, That's not the weather report— He s Just te Teeling” ‘athe Olym-
You Can Get Tickets |
Reserved seat tickets for tonight's Times Charity Basket-
I ball classic still will be avail-
able house 5 p.m The downtown ticket office at" Maroft's Shoe Store, 18 E.
when the Butler Field box ‘offices open at
| ‘Washington St., was to close
EP Prices include ox First Aloor,
Ast. baleony,. $1.50; 2d iy $1. .
port said house was filthy, no {bathing facilities, garbage on the ground, outside of house is breed« ling place for vermin of all kinds.”
-..... Appeals for Restoration... . Dr... Ludwig recently. {to the all-Republican County {Council to reinstate position of {health inspector. The council abolished the position in an [economy move” just before the Democratic administration came iin office. Thus, the county maintains ne
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investigate
/tions even if he devoted full time...
periodic health. checks. on restags
"Dr. hotels or homes. Dr. Ludwig said the.
Public’ Health "Association “advo- =
jcates ~ one health inspector for every =: 25000 persons; “Marion \County,- with approximately 100,s.
{plan camp as they prepare to do! battle with the Indiana College] All-Stars in The - Indianapolis | Times’ charity game.
“The local pros are “ready to! give: the collegians a post- graduate course in field goals. They're determined-that the" “college boys {will flunk the course. As Alex {Groza says, “They may come in| wearing - sheepskins, take it on the lamb when we unload our Tast break. ” ;
» THE OL YMPIANS know they're up against a tough bunch, Any team: coached by Tony, Hinkle is dangerous. But the beat Syracuse last night, 68-65,
but they'll]
#000 persons living outside the Ine |dianapglis city limits, has none. Indianapolis, however, has 12 {Sanitary inspectors, six food ine
one ratcontrol IHspector
and a ‘health commissioner,
‘Ging Quits Post In 18th Ward GOP
Scott Ging, former County- Ate |torney, resigned today as Repub~ {licani chairman of the Eighteenth {Ward on the East Side. His resignation caused a flurry |6f"8peculation that he broke off |relations with the regular GOP {organization leadership of County
and a team can’t be rougher than | Chairman John (Jack) Innis.
those {to win. They know the game is! for" charity and firmly believe] {that charity begins at home with
a win. |
The All-Stars were under tlose scrutiny last night in the Field-! house at the Syracuse game. |G | Every time the Olymps had a! [time~ out they looked upstairs at Hinkle and his boys who were | scouting them: They took a good| look at what will probably be H ike 8 starting five—Andy Taff Jerry Stuteville, forwards: Charley Meyer, center, and Kevin O'Shea and Ralph (Buckshot), { O’Brien, guards. They looked, | {then shook their heads. The collegians are rough—very rough. . - ~
WITH ALL due respect to the! collegians,. the Olymps can beat|
them, It says so in my National
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Nats. Yes, the Olymps want |
. Ging, however, promptly . {denied that he was “mad at anybody” and gave as his-reaséifor
resigning the fact that he moved
jout of the Eighteenth Ward and
{now lives in Warren Township. +
Chairman Innis immediately appointed. Frank Haugh, former GOP leader in that area, as the new ‘ward chairman to succeed Mr. Ging.
The removal of Mr. Gi from: the Eighteenth Ward chafrman- 3 ship. by former GOP an
James Ingles was one of -the fac- -
tors in the movemént that later
resulted in the ouster of Mr. .-
Ingles and. the election of Chairman Innis more than a year ago. After his election, ‘Mr. Innis re-appointed Mr. Ging as ward chairman. “No, I'm now quarreling ota